Slaughter in
the chook pen

The Sydney Roosters all but killed the New Zealand Warriors along with their hopes and chances of a finals spot as they thrashed them by 58 to 6 at Aussie Stadium this afternoon.

The Roosters dominated the whole match from the outset showing the gap between the Sydney club and the Auckland club is miles apart. The Warriors simply had no ball to work with and what ball they did have, they fumbled or kicked it out on the full.

The Roosters lead by Brett Finch looked their most dangerous throwing the ball around as the Warriors defence was standing still, breaking the line with perfectly executed offloads.
The Warriors looked good in places defending the line but the forwards quickly ran out puff as the Roosters scored four tries in the last ten minutes before halftime to lead 30 to nil.

The Warriors scored a try through Iafeta Paleaaesina early in the second half but the rest of the match went the Roosters way limiting the Warriors go forward and putting pressure on their last tackle options.

Without any of the Warriors' forwards managing to pass 100 metres in the gain department, the Roosters simply capitalised and went on with the job.

For the Warriors, their final hopes are all but gone as they seem to resigned to a long season. 2005 won't come quickly enough.